Oscar Pistorius Working Out In Prison With Alleged Kidnapper
Oscar Pistorius has been training in prison with a notorious Czech fugitive who is charged with kidnapping and attempted murder. In a le...
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Oscar Pistorius has been training in prison with a notorious Czech fugitive who is charged with kidnapping and attempted murder.
In a letter sent to prison officials, Krejcir complained that his treadmill and exercise equipment had been removed so the double-amputee sprinter could use it.
According to the letter, Pistorius began using the private gym equipment - without Krejcir's permission - when he arrived at the maximum-security facility.
The athlete was sentenced to five years in prison last month for killing his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp.
In the letter, also sent to International and the South African Human Rights Commission, Krejcir wrote that in July he requested the exercise bicycle and treadmill so that he could exercise for health reasons. The request was approved and the equipment was installed in a hallway next to his cell at the maximum security Kgosi Mapuru II prison in Pretoria.
"My equipment was offered to Mr Oscar Pistorius, to train on, on his arrival at this facility ... without my knowledge," Krejcir wrote, according to the South African Press Association. "I did not object to Mr Pistorius utilising my equipment after he arrived at this facility and in fact Mr Pistorius and I started training together."
"I have been deprived of my training since November 9, 2014 as a result of this unfounded and unexplainable change, which I submit has been directed directly at me, in just another form of mental and emotional torture," he wrote.
South Africa's department of correctional services said in a statement that inmate complaints were dealt with individually, and not in the media.
Pistorius was found guilty of manslaughter last month and sentenced to five years behind bars, though he could be released to house arrest after just 10 months.
According to local media reports, Pistorius was moved from the hospital wing of the prison to a heavily-guarded block of six cells, where Krejcir is being held.
Krejcir, who has been charged with kidnapping, attempted murder and drug dealing, is allowed greater prison privileges than Pistorius because he has not been convicted of any crime.
Source: Irish Independent
In a letter sent to prison officials, Krejcir complained that his treadmill and exercise equipment had been removed so the double-amputee sprinter could use it.
According to the letter, Pistorius began using the private gym equipment - without Krejcir's permission - when he arrived at the maximum-security facility.
The athlete was sentenced to five years in prison last month for killing his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp.
In the letter, also sent to International and the South African Human Rights Commission, Krejcir wrote that in July he requested the exercise bicycle and treadmill so that he could exercise for health reasons. The request was approved and the equipment was installed in a hallway next to his cell at the maximum security Kgosi Mapuru II prison in Pretoria.
"My equipment was offered to Mr Oscar Pistorius, to train on, on his arrival at this facility ... without my knowledge," Krejcir wrote, according to the South African Press Association. "I did not object to Mr Pistorius utilising my equipment after he arrived at this facility and in fact Mr Pistorius and I started training together."
"I have been deprived of my training since November 9, 2014 as a result of this unfounded and unexplainable change, which I submit has been directed directly at me, in just another form of mental and emotional torture," he wrote.
South Africa's department of correctional services said in a statement that inmate complaints were dealt with individually, and not in the media.
Pistorius was found guilty of manslaughter last month and sentenced to five years behind bars, though he could be released to house arrest after just 10 months.
According to local media reports, Pistorius was moved from the hospital wing of the prison to a heavily-guarded block of six cells, where Krejcir is being held.
Krejcir, who has been charged with kidnapping, attempted murder and drug dealing, is allowed greater prison privileges than Pistorius because he has not been convicted of any crime.
Source: Irish Independent
